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UNITED NATIONS — Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country.

The bid aims to have the UN recognize the Earth as a living entity that humans have sought to "dominate and exploit" — to the point that the "well-being and existence of many beings" is now threatened.

The wording may yet evolve, but the general structure is meant to mirror Bolivia's Law of the Rights of Mother Earth, which Bolivian President Evo Morales enacted in January.

That document speaks of the country's natural resources as "blessings," and grants the Earth a series of specific rights that include rights to life, water and clean air; the right to repair livelihoods affected by human activities; and the right to be free from pollution.

It also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth, and provides the planet with an ombudsman whose job is to hear nature's complaints as voiced by activist and other groups, including the state.

D1B wrote:No one is bitin T. Hmmmm

D1B wrote:No one is bitin T. Hmmmm

dbackjon wrote:Any worse than the SCOTUS giving corporations the same rights as people???

Ivytalk wrote:

dbackjon wrote:Any worse than the SCOTUS giving corporations the same rights as people???

Actually, yes. There's legal precedent for what the SCOTUS did, but not for what those multicultural numbnutz on First Avenue did.

dbackjon wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:

Actually, yes. There's legal precedent for what the SCOTUS did, but not for what those multicultural numbnutz on First Avenue did.

The original abortion of a ruling?

dbackjon wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:

Actually, yes. There's legal precedent for what the SCOTUS did, but not for what those multicultural numbnutz on First Avenue did.

The original abortion of a ruling?

Ivytalk wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

The original abortion of a ruling?

Actually, it's a live birth, thank you very much, with generations of precedent in gay-friendly Delaware's corporate law. Only Druids, Goths and illiterate native tribes ascribe any life or fertility to "Mother Earth."

travelinman67 wrote:

Chizzang wrote: Great News... Now Planet Earth almost has as many rights as Exxon Mobil

dbackjon wrote:Any worse than the SCOTUS giving corporations the same rights as people???